A Story as Big as the Robots!

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2013)

I had the pleasure of watching this movie's first showing at our downtown theatre at 11:00 p.m. There were plenty of dudes their, with a small fraction of estrogen in the room. First off: This is totally a bro movie, and not one to bring your timid ladyfriend to.
If you were a fan of Godzilla as a child, this will delight you all the way through. Once you accept the likeliness of a inter- dimensional rift opening in the ocean floor, the rest of the plot seems logical. What else would defeat massive, amphibian creatures other than 2000 ton nuclear-powered robots called Jeagers? The concept of two pilots synchronizing memories to better-control these 30 story beasts creates some human aspect to the intense, explosive, and city-leveling destruction.
There was a subtle hint of humor too, between the the two Kaiju-obsessed doctors and a cocky Kaiju- organ dealer, so the film had a well-balanced sense of humor/seriousness.
The movie almost was ruined for me at the end, as I braced for the main protagonists, male and female, to do the cliché, "we won this together" kiss, but that thankfully never came.
And to those complaining about CGI, how would you go about bringing these mechanical monsters and colossal creatures to life?
A NOTE TO VIEWERS: This was the loudest freaking movie I have ever seen, so those prone to having sensitive ears may want to ready themselves!